Man Shoots Into Air During Armed Robbery

January 12, 2006|The Morning Call

ALLENTOWN

A man fired his gun into the air while he and another man robbed a couple Tuesday night in Allentown, city police said.

The victims, a 27-year-old man from Emmaus and a woman, who were not further identified by police, were behind 335 Hanover Ave. when two men ran up from behind and brandished guns at 11:30 p.m., police said.

Police said after taking an unknown amount of money from the victims, one of the robbers hit the man in the head.

A gun was fired, but police said no one was hit. Officers recovered a shell casing at the scene, police said.